December 2010
64 posts
Watch3rdmartini:
tCN - Skype Edition: Albert McMurry
We’re closing out Season 2 of the COCKTAIL NAPKIN with a bang. Albert McMurry is a progenitor of raunchy toots and a booze bon vivant, heading the efforts behind the smash Tumblr success, American Drink.
My baby done good — so much so that Bella the Greyhound wrote a poem about him:
Food Guy
Food guy, she call you Albert, But you’re no...
Watch3rdmartini:
tCN - Skype Edition: Albert McMurry
We’re closing out Season 2 of the COCKTAIL NAPKIN with a bang. Albert McMurry is a progenitor of raunchy toots and a booze bon vivant, heading the efforts behind the smash Tumblr success, American Drink.
My baby done good — so much so that Bella the Greyhound wrote a poem about him:
Food Guy
Food guy, she call you Albert, But you’re no...
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RIP Denis Dutton: An Editor's Editor →
This guy was my kind of academic. He spent much of his life fighting against thick, pompous academic writing — even held contests for the worst prose out there. He lamented this first-place winner from the journal diacritics:
“The move from a structuralist account in which capital is understood to structure social relations in relatively homologous ways to a view of hegemony in which power...
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RIP Denis Dutton: An Editor's Editor →
This guy was my kind of academic. He spent much of his life fighting against thick, pompous academic writing — even held contests for the worst prose out there. He lamented this first-place winner from the journal diacritics:
“The move from a structuralist account in which capital is understood to structure social relations in relatively homologous ways to a view of hegemony in which power...
Watchbraiker:
nprfreshair:
RIP to all the amazing musicians who died this year … and made the world sound a little better while you were here. We had forgotten about some of these.
Too good not to share everywhere.
Sad and lovely …
Watchbraiker:
nprfreshair:
RIP to all the amazing musicians who died this year … and made the world sound a little better while you were here. We had forgotten about some of these.
Too good not to share everywhere.
Sad and lovely …
Woman blames her burp for inaccurate breathalyzer... →
The old “my-burp-done-me-in” defense. Sheesh.
Woman blames her burp for inaccurate breathalyzer... →
The old “my-burp-done-me-in” defense. Sheesh.
"Also, there is food in the refrigerator ..."
Last line in an e-mail from an editing buddy of mine who worked Christmas Day at The Seattle Times:
“Also, there is food in the refrigerator from Saturday’s newsroom feast. Please, among other things, take out the chocolate mousse cake that’s in a box. I brought it. People should finish it up.
Be well.”
Been meaning to publish a photo slideshow of pictures I’ve...
"Also, there is food in the refrigerator ..."
Last line in an e-mail from an editing buddy of mine who worked Christmas Day at The Seattle Times:
“Also, there is food in the refrigerator from Saturday’s newsroom feast. Please, among other things, take out the chocolate mousse cake that’s in a box. I brought it. People should finish it up.
Be well.”
Been meaning to publish a photo slideshow of pictures I’ve...
Hollywood's Class Warfare →
The agony and the ecstasy of American class struggle, as seen in the films of 2010. From the always hawk-eyed A. O. Scott of NYT (on “Black Sunday,” no less). Choice passage:
“There is no doubt that in the past year, through seasons of economic malaise and political anger, there has seemed to be a lot more division than consensus in American life. And this friction is often...
Hollywood's Class Warfare →
The agony and the ecstasy of American class struggle, as seen in the films of 2010. From the always hawk-eyed A. O. Scott of NYT (on “Black Sunday,” no less). Choice passage:
“There is no doubt that in the past year, through seasons of economic malaise and political anger, there has seemed to be a lot more division than consensus in American life. And this friction is often...
New Remains of Green River Killer Victim Found →
The woods and ravines around the Puget Sound keep giving up remains of the Green River killer. And this week, a holy week no less, was no exception.
Rebecca Marrero’s family suspected for these past 28 years that she was a victim of the killer, though police could never confirm without a body. And, of course, the guy ultimately convicted in 48 confirmed slayings, Gary Ridgway, flat-out...
New Remains of Green River Killer Victim Found →
The woods and ravines around the Puget Sound keep giving up remains of the Green River killer. And this week, a holy week no less, was no exception.
Rebecca Marrero’s family suspected for these past 28 years that she was a victim of the killer, though police could never confirm without a body. And, of course, the guy ultimately convicted in 48 confirmed slayings, Gary Ridgway, flat-out...
Rats are People, Too: On the Passing of "Old Man" →
Cool obit about the death of a naked mole rat who helped researchers unlock the mysteries of age-related diseases for decades.
HT to David Zeeck, publisher of The (Tacoma) News Tribune, for sharing this story.
Rats are People, Too: On the Passing of "Old Man" →
Cool obit about the death of a naked mole rat who helped researchers unlock the mysteries of age-related diseases for decades.
HT to David Zeeck, publisher of The (Tacoma) News Tribune, for sharing this story.
And here we go...
kaelenkl:
So I am giving tumblr a whirl.
While I have tried blogging in this past, this time around I plan to do it differently.
Writing will be scarce. Photos will be everywhere. Videos will be thoughtful. You be intrigued. You should ask questions. We should converse. Anyone can contribute.
Content sources will range from my original work, to professionals that inspire me.
Comment....
And here we go...
kaelenkl:
So I am giving tumblr a whirl.
While I have tried blogging in this past, this time around I plan to do it differently.
Writing will be scarce. Photos will be everywhere. Videos will be thoughtful. You be intrigued. You should ask questions. We should converse. Anyone can contribute.
Content sources will range from my original work, to professionals that inspire me.
Comment....
Tenth severed human foot found on Pacific... →
thevancouversun:
The remains of a human foot still encased in a shoe was found washed ashore near Tacoma about a week ago, raising to 10 the tally of feet found on Pacific Northwest beaches since 2007.
News that renders me speechless … Strange and fascinating.
Tenth severed human foot found on Pacific... →
thevancouversun:
The remains of a human foot still encased in a shoe was found washed ashore near Tacoma about a week ago, raising to 10 the tally of feet found on Pacific Northwest beaches since 2007.
Strange and fascinating … like something out of a David Lynch movie.
Watchjimray:
In Portland, you can just put a bird on something and call it art (see also: Brooklyn)
Priceless. I’ll tell you what else is alive in Portland: the ’80s, Doc Martens and clove cigarettes. Scary. (Having flashbacks now to Club Portland on Broadway in the early ’80s.)
Watchjimray:
In Portland, you can just put a bird on something and call it art (see also: Brooklyn)
Priceless. I’ll tell you what else is alive in Portland: the ’80s, Doc Martens and clove cigarettes. Scary. (Having flashbacks now to Club Portland on Broadway in the early ’80s.)
Blake Edwards, 88, Dies from Pneumonia →
“A lifelong depressive, Mr. Edwards told The New York Times in 2001 that at one point his depression was so bad that he became ‘seriously suicidal.’ After deciding that shooting himself would be too messy and drowning too uncertain, he decided to slit his wrists on the beach at Malibu while looking at the ocean. But while he was holding a two-sided razor, his Great Dane started...
Blake Edwards, 88, Dies from Pneumonia →
“A lifelong depressive, Mr. Edwards told The New York Times in 2001 that at one point his depression was so bad that he became ‘seriously suicidal.’ After deciding that shooting himself would be too messy and drowning too uncertain, he decided to slit his wrists on the beach at Malibu while looking at the ocean. But while he was holding a two-sided razor, his Great Dane started...
